This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Earth > Environmental Sciences – Quiz 255 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Environmental Sciences Quiz 255 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the advantages of using polyculture, or planting a mixture of crops? A) You get better yields and the vegetables taste better. B) Insects can't find their favorite food as easily and if you mix in legumes, you can increase the nitrogen in the soil. C) It increases the nutrient value of the crops and if you mix in cotton or flax (for linen), you also have fibers for cloth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Insects can't find their favorite food as easily and if you mix in legumes, you can increase the nitrogen in the soil. 2. Temperate grasslands and temperate forests can be found at the same latitudes. What determines whether these regions will be dominated by grasses or by trees? A) The amount of rainfall. B) The soil nutrients. C) Chance arrival of seeds. D) The animals that live there. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The amount of rainfall. 3. Which of the following is an interdisciplinary field with environmental science? A) Physics. B) Chemistry. C) Biology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Which type of energy source can be renewed in your lifetime? A) Renewable energy sources. B) Nonrenewable energy sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Renewable energy sources. 5. Currents at the surface of the ocean are driven by A) Tectonic plates. B) Salinity. C) Gravity. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 6. Water's nickname because it can dissolve more substances than anything else on Earth A) Universal Solvent. B) Universal Compound. C) Universal Solution. D) Universal Solute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal Solvent. 7. Why were all of the tilling practices such as reduced, conservation, mulch, strip, ridge, and no till, invented? A) To prevent soil erosion. B) To save money. C) To improve crop yield. D) To make crops taste better. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To prevent soil erosion. 8. Thermal engery is transferred from hot places (areas of high thermal energy) to cold places (areas of low thermal energy A) Convection. B) Radiation. C) Conduction. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convection. 9. The Montreal Protocol ..... A) Was established to protect the ozone from CFC's and other hazardous compounds. B) Was designed to protect the thermosphere from meteorites. C) Was designed to reduce the rate of cancer in the city of Montreal, Canada. D) Was a treaty designed to establish vehicle emissions to protect the troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was established to protect the ozone from CFC's and other hazardous compounds. 10. Plants, animals, and mountains together ..... A) Ecosystem. B) Species. C) Population. D) Community. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ecosystem. 11. Results published in ..... are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple sources A) News magazines. B) Peer-reviewed journals. C) Web journals. D) Weekly newspapers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peer-reviewed journals. 12. The process in which plants and some other organisms use the energy in sunlight to make food. A) Photosynthesis. B) Cellular respiration. C) Osmosis. D) Diffusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photosynthesis. 13. A sugar or starch that living things use for energy A) Kilocalorie. B) Carbohydrate. C) Calcium. D) Fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Carbohydrate. 14. Species that are native to and found only within a limited area A) Endemic. B) Exotic. C) Endangered. D) Extinct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endemic. 15. Which is a way we can protect our environment? A) Litter. B) Pollute. C) Recycle. D) Contaminate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Recycle. 16. What are the major greenhouse gases? A) Oxygen, nitrogen, argon, and water vapor. B) Sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ammonia. C) Helium, neon, krypton, and xenon. D) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. 17. The following is NOT a step in the scientific method. A) Collect data. B) Share conclusions with others. C) Make predictions. D) Take conclusions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take conclusions. 18. When water goes from vapor to clouds A) Condensation. B) Precipitation. C) Transpiration. D) Evaporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Condensation. 19. The outermost layer of Earth that includes the crust and the upper part of the mantle A) Asthenosphere. B) Mesosphere. C) Lithosphere. D) Chromosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithosphere. 20. Accounts how much percent of water on the planet is salt A) 88%. B) 19%. C) 96%. D) 73%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 96%. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesEnvironmental Sciences Quiz 1Environmental Sciences Quiz 2Environmental Sciences Quiz 3Environmental Sciences Quiz 4Environmental Sciences Quiz 5Environmental Sciences Quiz 6Environmental Sciences Quiz 7Environmental Sciences Quiz 8Environmental Sciences Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books